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(y ´hän t b ´äs m ´ r) (KEY) , 1723–62, German mathematician and astronomer. In 1751 he became professor of economics and mathematics at the Un...
1801–92, English astronomer. The son of a poor farmer, he distinguished himself as Senior Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was elected fellow of Trin...
(r ´l nds n) (KEY) , 1756–1827, English caricaturist, b. London. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Paris, but his passion for gambling prevent...
sense that enables an organism to perceive and distinguish the odors of various substances, also known as olfaction. In humans, the organ of smell is ...
(s m´ n st l ´t z) (KEY) [Gr.,= of a pillar], d. 459?, Syrian hermit. He lived for more than 35 years on a small platform on top of a high pillar....
also called Slavonic languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. Because the Slavic group of languages seems to be closer to the ...